American - Director | January 1, 1949 -
Fairy tales cross generational lines, and how you respond to them depends on when in your life you're seeing them.
James Lapine
LifeYouSeeingFairyRespondLines
That's the thing about dreams - they're ineffable. If you can get to the bottom of it, it's not a dream.
DreamsYouDreamBottomGetAbout
I need an audience to look at what I've done so I can understand it, so I can step back and watch them respond and figure out what they're understanding about what I'm trying to do and what they're confused about.
StepConfusedUnderstandingLook
I like the stage challenges of having somebody literally falling apart before your very eyes.
EyesChallengesFallingStageYour
I'd like to just say that there's nothing darker than 'Old Yeller' and 'Bambi' and some of the early Disney stuff.
EarlySayNothingOldJustStuff
I'm drawn to dreams.
DreamsDrawn
Fairy tales, which teach a moral lesson, are about ourselves. Myth deals with forces greater than ourselves.
LessonMoralTeachFairyMythThan
I'm a very laid-back person.
PersonVery
I like to keep a low profile.
ProfileLowKeepLike
The music is the emotional substance of the show; the book just sets it up. Nobody goes to a musical to hear the book. That's the way it works.
MusicBookNobodyWayEmotionalUp
I love photography... I'd like to write a show about photography.
LovePhotographyWriteShowLike
When you're young, you envision happiness in such an idealized way.
HappinessYouYoungWayEnvision
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict James Lapine quotes